Gordon Barnhart
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Gordon L. Barnhart, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. is a former Clerk of the Canadian Senate and the Saskatchewan Legislature, as well as former Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan.
Barnhart was born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History in 1967 and in 1968, he took a job teaching grade 10 and 11 history at North Battleford Collegiate Institute. In 1968, after only four months of teaching, he was appointed Clerk of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. During his tenure, he worked on his Masters of Arts at the University of Regina, completing it in 1977.
In 1989, Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, appointed Barnhart to Clerk of the Senate, and thereby Clerk of the Parliaments. After five years, which included contributing to the failed Charlottetown Accord, he resigned from his position in the Senate. He returned to the University of Saskatchewan, where he completed his Doctorate in 1998.
From 2000-2005, he served as Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan. He retired to teach political studies classes, specializing in Canadian politics, government and the Canadian Senate.
In 2001, Barnhart's book Peace, Progress and Prosperity (ISBN 0889771421), which provided the first detailed biography of Saskatchewan's first Premier, Thomas Walter Scott, was first published. Some of his other works include Saskatchewan's Premiers of the Twentieth Century, Building for the Future; a photo journal of Saskatchewan's Legislative Building and Parliamentary Committees: Enhancing Democratic Governance.
On April 28, 2006, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Gordon Barnhart will be replacing Lynda Haverstock as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. The official date of swearing in will be August 1, 2006.
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